NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2012
The NME Album of the Year & Single Of The Year was announced on the 20th of November, 2012. It was the 39th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com.
Albums
Note: UK artists |
- Bold: indicates Album contains track that won Single of the Year.
# |
Album |
Artist |
Country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Lonerism |
Tame Impala |
|
2 |
Visions |
Grimes |
|
3 |
Channel Orange |
Frank Ocean |
|
4 |
(III) |
Crystal Castles |
|
5 |
An Awesome Wave |
Alt-J (∆) |
|
6 |
Given to the Wild |
The Maccabees |
|
7 |
Beard, Wives, Denim |
Pond |
|
8 |
In the Belly of the Brazen Bull |
The Cribs |
|
9 |
Jake Bugg |
Jake Bugg |
|
10 |
Django Django |
Django Django |
|
11 |
Blunderbuss |
Jack White |
|
12 |
Love This Giant |
David Byrne & St. Vincent |
& |
13 |
Oshin |
DIIV |
|
14 |
Coexist |
The xx |
|
15 |
Tramp |
Sharon Van Etten |
|
16 |
Melody's Echo Chamber |
Melody's Echo Chamber |
|
17 |
Shields |
Grizzly Bear |
|
18 |
Baby |
Tribes |
|
19 |
Toy |
Toy |
|
20 |
America Give Up |
Howler |
|
21 |
Sun |
Cat Power |
|
22 |
Bloom |
Beach House |
|
23 |
Standing at the Sky's Edge |
Richard Hawley |
|
24 |
Children Of Desire |
Merchandise |
|
25 |
Mature Themes |
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti |
|
26 |
Enjoy It While It Lasts |
Spector |
|
27 |
Devotion |
Jessie Ware |
|
28 |
Sweet Heart Sweet Light |
Spiritualized |
|
29 |
2 |
Mac DeMarco |
|
30 |
Other People's Problems |
Breton |
|
31 |
Cruel Summer |
Various artists from GOOD Music |
|
32 |
The Haunted Man |
Bat For Lashes |
|
33 |
A+E |
Graham Coxon |
|
34 |
In Our Heads |
Hot Chip |
|
35 |
METZ |
METZ |
|
36 |
Come of Age |
The Vaccines |
|
37 |
A Flash Flood of Colour |
Enter Shikari |
|
38 |
Trouble |
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs |
|
39 |
WIXIW |
Liars |
|
40 |
Give You the Ghost |
Poliça |
|
41 |
Twins |
Ty Segall |
|
42 |
Sonik Kicks |
Paul Weller |
|
43 |
Wiki93 |
Ratking |
|
44 |
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City |
Kendrick Lamar |
|
45 |
Born To Die |
Lana Del Rey |
|
46 |
The Bravest Man in the Universe |
Bobby Womack |
|
47 |
Fin |
John Talabot |
|
48 |
Be Strong |
The 2 Bears |
|
49 |
Until the Quiet Comes |
Flying Lotus |
|
50 |
Shrines |
Purity Ring |
Countries represented
= 23
= 19
= 5
= 2
= 1
= 1
Singles
Note: UK artists |
# |
Track |
Artist |
Country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
"Best Of Friends" |
Palma Violets |
|
2 |
"Bad Girls" |
M.I.A. |
|
3 |
"Under the Westway" |
Blur |
|
4 |
"Forever" |
HAIM |
|
5 |
"Ill Manors" |
Plan B |
|
6 |
"Oblivion" |
Grimes |
|
7 |
"Lightning Bolt" |
Jake Bugg |
|
8 |
"Laura" |
Bat for Lashes |
|
9 |
"Elephant" |
Tame Impala |
|
10 |
"Sixteen Saltines" |
Jack White |
|
11 |
"Husbands" |
Savages |
|
12 |
"Pyramids" |
Frank Ocean |
|
13 |
"California Daze" |
Peace |
|
14 |
"Breezeblocks" |
Alt-J (∆) |
|
15 |
"Clique" |
Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean |
|
16 |
"Genesis" |
Grimes |
|
17 |
"Come on, be a No-One" |
The Cribs |
|
18 |
"R U Mine?" |
Arctic Monkeys |
|
19 |
"Losing You" |
Solange |
|
20 |
"Call Me Maybe" |
Carly Rae Jepsen |
|
21 |
"I Follow You" |
Melody's Echo Chamber |
|
22 |
"Higher Ground" |
TNGHT |
/ |
23 |
"Wildest Moments" |
Jessie Ware |
|
24 |
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" |
Taylor Swift |
|
25 |
"You Broke My Cool" |
Pond |
|
26 |
"Chi-Town" |
The Cribs |
|
27 |
"RUiN" |
Cat Power |
|
28 |
"Lies" |
CHVRCHES |
|
29 |
"New York" |
Angel Haze |
|
30 |
"Cough Cough" |
Everything Everything |
|
31 |
"Gonna Make My Own Money" |
Deap Vally |
|
32 |
"Who" |
David Byrne & St. Vincent |
& |
33 |
"Lies" |
Burns |
|
34 |
"Jasmine" |
Jai Paul |
|
35 |
"Rock Bottom" |
King Krule |
|
36 |
"Teenage Icon" |
The Vaccines |
|
37 |
"What You Came For" |
Mosca featuring Katy B |
|
38 |
"Friday Night, Don't Ever Let It End" |
Spector |
|
39 |
"Mercy" |
Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz |
|
40 |
"Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" |
Tame Impala |
|
41 |
"Default" |
Django Django |
|
42 |
"Doom and Gloom" |
The Rolling Stones |
|
43 |
"Bloodshake" |
Peace |
|
44 |
"Wrath Of God" |
Crystal Castles |
|
45 |
"Ima Read" |
Zebra Katz |
|
46 |
"Forrest Gump" |
Frank Ocean |
|
47 |
"Follow Baby" |
Peace |
|
48 |
"Get Free" |
Major Lazer featuring Amber Coffman |
|
49 |
"Backseat Freestyle" |
Kendrick Lamar |
|
50 |
"Gangnam Style" |
Psy |
Artists with multiple entries
3 Entries
- Peace (13, 43, 47)
2 Entries
- Grimes (6, 16)
- Tame Impala (9, 40)
- Frank Ocean (12, 46)
- Kanye West (15, 39)
- Big Sean (15, 39)
- The Cribs (17, 26)
Countries represented
- 27
- 15
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 1